61 Muslim refugees bound for Michigan will be kept out

DETROIT (Tribune News Service) — Over the next two weeks, 61 Muslim refugees were set to arrive in Michigan, many of them from Iraq and Syria. But after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday restricting refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, their admissions were stopped, while six Christian refugees from Myanmar and Congo still will be resettled in the state. The effects of Trump’s order are already seen in significant ways in Michigan, where Muslim refugees who were about to start new lives here will be blocked, while Christian refugees appear to still be allowed in, according to figures provided to the Detroit Free Press by Samaritas, the leading refugee resettlement agency in Michigan. Trump said Friday he wants to prioritize Christian refugees and religious minorities because they face persecution, a move Muslim groups say is d...